Travis J. Cross (b. 1977) begins an appointment to the music faculty of the Herb Alpert School of Music at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band and directs the graduate program in wind conducting. As wind ensemble conductor for five years at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Cross led students in performances at the Virginia Music Educators Association conference, Kennedy Center, and Carnegie Hall and developed the Virginia Tech Band Directors Institute into a major summer conducting workshop.
Cross earned doctor and master of music degrees in conducting from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and the bachelor of music degree cum laude in vocal and instrumental music education from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. His principal teachers were Mallory Thompson and Timothy Mahr. Prior to graduate study, he taught for four years at Edina (Minn.) High School, where he conducted two concert bands and oversaw the marching band program.

In 2004, Cross participated in the inaugural Young Conductor/Mentor Project sponsored by the National Band Association. The same year he received the Distinguished Young Band Director Award from the American School Band Directors Association of Minnesota. From 2001–2003, Cross served a two-year term as the recent graduate on the St. Olaf College Board of Regents. In 2006, he was named a Jacob K. Javits Fellow by the United States Department of Education. He currently serves as national vice president for professional relations for Kappa Kappa Psi, the national honorary band fraternity.

Cross contributed a chapter to volume four of Composers on Composing for Band, available from GIA Publications. His more than 20 original compositions and arrangements are published by Boosey & Hawkes, Daehn Publications, and Theodore Music. He has appeared as a guest conductor, composer, and clinician in several states, internationally, and at the Midwest Clinic and leads honor bands and other ensembles in Alabama, California, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Thailand during the 2013–2014 season.

Composer, cat lady. Probably in reverse order of importance.

A guy coping with the loss of his wife by writing 52 pieces in 52 weeks.
www.run52weeks.com

Sally Greenaway is a jazz pianist and (film) composer based in the ACT, Australia.

'expressive, introspective and emotionally satisfying original compositions...' (Canberrajazz.net)

- Winner of the Canberra International Music Festival Young Composer Competition, 2009
- Winner of the APRA/Jazzgroove National Big Band Composition Competition, 2008

Don't ask me what happened to dubstep, cause I have no fucking clue. Mainstream pop bullshit screwed the whole EDM industry over. Everyone wants to go on this new electronic kind of music. Keep dubstep real.

Some of my favorite dubstep artists- 
I.Y.F.F.E.
Rednek
Rogue
Skrillex
Flux Pavillion
Quba
Zomboy
Skism
Tut Tut Child
Excision
The Frim
Many more...

I’m a full-time instrumental music teacher that likes to create music and visual art.

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